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Bully rated for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in Taiwan [Update] (www.gematsu.com)
I really hope it’s a proper remaster and not just a port. Easily my favorite Rockstar game.
Stay safe people 🙏 (sh.itjust.works)
Ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years (www.theguardian.com)
Ambulances have been called out to Amazon warehouses more than 1,400 times in the past five years, the Observer can reveal. The figures, which were described as shocking by the GMB trade union, raise fresh questions about safety at the American giant’s UK workplaces....
Out In The Open And On The Move In Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian Forces Are Vulnerable—And Losing Lots Of Armored Vehicles (www.forbes.com)
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German investment in China soars as companies localize further: Financial Times (english.news.cn)
Blinken arrives in Israel for 11th-hour talks on Gaza ceasefire deal (www.theguardian.com)
The US secretary of state has arrived in Israel for 11th-hour talks aimed at shoring up a deal for a lasting ceasefire in the war in Gaza, amid signals from Israeli and Hamas officials that a breakthrough may not be as close as international mediators had suggested....
China is poised to dominate the market for legacy chips, and the U.S. may only have itself to blame (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Youth unemployment in China jumps to 17.1% in July (www.voanews.com)
Youth unemployment in China ticked up to 17.1% in July, official figures showed, the highest level this year as the world’s second-largest economy faces mounting headwinds....
Anthropic asks court to dismiss music publishers' AI claims (www.reuters.com)
Artificial-intelligence company Anthropic asked a California federal court on Thursday to dismiss some copyright claims brought by a group of music publishers over the alleged misuse of song lyrics to train its AI-powered chatbot Claude....
mogli walks the line (social.cologne)
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Germany: Ferris wheel catches fire at Leipzig music festival (www.dw.com)
A ferris wheel caught fire late Saturday at Leipzig’s Highfield Festival, leading to more than 30 injuries, police said. The German Red Cross said two of the cases were serious.
More than 100 people treated for heat-related illness at Colorado airshow (www.theguardian.com)
More than 100 people were treated for heat-related illness at a Colorado airshow on Saturday, with attendees describing a lack of shade and free water on festival grounds as temperatures soared to 96F (36C) highs....
Cosmic Horror - for the discussion of Cosmic Horror in it's many forms (lemm.ee)
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Protests spread over Indian doctor's rape and murder (www.reuters.com)
KOLKATA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered, despite the end of a strike called by a big doctors’ association, while some other people held street protests....
US judge upholds protections for LGBTQ students in first win for Biden administration (www.reuters.com)
A federal judge in Alabama on Tuesday refused to block the Biden administration from enforcing new anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ students in four Republican-led states, breaking with six other judges who have said the rules are invalid....
Second US judge blocks FTC ban on worker noncompete agreements (www.reuters.com)
A federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses, becoming the second judge to rule that the ban is likely invalid....
Blinken arrives in Middle East to renew push for Gaza ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday on a Middle East tour aimed at intensifying diplomatic pressure to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza this week to end the bloodshed between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas....
White woman convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting of Black neighbor (www.usatoday.com)
A white woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor through a locked door amid a neighborhood feud in Florida has been convicted by a jury of manslaughter....
Another Outer Banks Home Collapses Into Ocean, a Stark Reminder of Climate Change: In Rodanthe, NC seven homes have been lost to the ocean in the last four years, as rising sea levels erode shorelines (www.nytimes.com)
German Foreign Ministry refutes claims that Berlin will not provide Kyiv with assistance next year (kyivindependent.com)
The German Foreign Ministry refuted claims that Berlin will not provide Kyiv with assistance next year, Suspilne media outlet reported on Aug. 18....
Another key bridge destroyed in Kursk Oblast, Ukraine claims (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian forces operating in Russia’s Kursk Oblast have destroyed a second key bridge, Commander of Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk said on Aug. 18....
Gemini glows with new floating overlay panel, starts rolling out (9to5google.com)
More than 150 Russians captured on some days of incursion, Ukraine official says (www.theguardian.com)
Key civilian leader says attack on Russia’s Kursk region is first of ‘several stages’ in taking the fight to Moscow...
More than $1.6 million worth of cocaine washed up on Florida beaches during Hurricane Debby, authorities say (www.cnn.com)
Hurricane Debby left behind not only a trail of deadly destruction in the Southeast last week but also more than 100 pounds of narcotics, discovered along Florida’s shores, authorities said....
